Phoenix is home to nearly 2 million square feet of data center space, and nearly every major hyperscale platform and wholesale data center developer has lined up land for future capacity. A DCF special report looks at what lies ahead for this important market.
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An in-depth look at the latest trends impacting the world of data centers and cloud computing.
Iron Mountain Lands 6 MW in Leasing for Phoenix Data Center Campus
Iron Mountain has signed two leases totaling 6 megawatts of capacity at its newest data center in Phoenix, continuing its leasing success in the key regional data center market.
NTT Global Continues Expansion With New Santa Clara Data Center
NTT Global Data Centers Americas has opened its SV1 data center in Santa Clara, which is the company’s first presence in the supply-constrained Silicon Valley market. The facility features a base isolation system to provide advanced protection against earthquakes.
NVIDIA Launches Grace CPU to Bring Arm Efficiency to Massive AI Workloads
NVIDIA is entering the CPU market with an Arm-based processor that will be tightly integrated with its next-generation GPUs. The Grace CPU seeks to bring new levels of power and efficiency to massive AI workloads, and offer a high-end alternative to Intel x86 CPUs.
Foiled Plot to Attack Amazon Reflects Changing Nature of Data Center Threats
A foiled plot to attack a data center in Virginia underscores the evolving landscape for data center security. Conspiracies create new risks, but modern data centers remain among the best protected buildings in the world.
Microsoft’s Belady on Immersion: ‘Air Cooling is Not Enough’
Microsoft has begun using immersion-cooled servers in production, the company said this week. The announcement is a meaningful milestone for adoption of two-phase immersion, which promises major gains in density and efficiency.
Intel Unveils Ice Lake Xeons, Touting Flexible Power for Diverse Workloads
A re-energized Intel has launched its Ice Lake family of 10 nm processors, bringing new levels of power and efficiency to its data center platform. Intel is emphasizing the versatility of the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon chips, touting their readiness for workloads from AI to the cloud to the edge.
With Aptum Deal, eStruxture Expands Data Center Network Across Canada
With its recent acquisition of Aptum’s Canadian data centers, eStruxture has built a Canada-focused colocation business that now features 14 data centers and 100 megawatts of capacity.
The Top 10 Data Center Stories of March 2021
It was another record month for audience growth at Data Center Frontier, a sign of growing interest in digital infrastructure. Here the 10 most popular stories for March 2021.
DCF Show Podcast: Nancy Novak on Data Center Innovation
On the DCF Show, our guest is Nancy Novak, the Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters. We discuss how innovation helps deliver faster and larger data center deployments, Nancy also shares her take on diversity in the data center industry,
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